At
the approach of danger there are always two voices that speak with equal force
in the heart of man: one very reasonably tells the man to consider the nature
of the danger and the means of avoiding it; the other even more reasonable says
that it is too painful and harassing to think of the danger, since it is not a
man's power to provide for everything and escape from the general march of
events; and that it is therefore better to turn aside from the painful subject
till it has come, and to think of what is pleasant. In solitude a man generally
yields to the first voice; in society to the second.
LEO TOLSTOY, War and Peace
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